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Updated: 7:07 PM Aug 25, 2009
Update Two Hospitalized After Norris School Bus Crash
Firth, Neb. A crash involving a pickup truck and a Norris school bus occurred Monday shortly after 8:00 a.m., sending several people to area hospitals.
Posted: 8:28 AM Aug 24, 2009Reporter: 10/11 News Email Address: desk@1011now.com |
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Two people are still in the hospital after a truck collided with a school bus Monday morning.
A spokesperson for BryanLGH West said both Jeff Hall, 50, of Hickman and Ronnie Aden, 67, of Cortland, are in serious condition.
The Lancaster County Sheriff's office said Hall, who was driving a pickup, failed to yield at the intersection of 25th Street and Gage Road in Southern Lancaster County.
The collision happened shortly after 8 a.m. Monday.
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office said that emergency crews, including Lincoln, Hallam, Bennett, Beatrice, Adams, Claytonia and others responded - evaluating, treating and transporting injured students.
Hall was driving a white pickup south bound, while the Norris #7 school bus was traveling east on Gage road. The pickup truck collided with the school bus, tipping the bus over on its left side. Aden was the bus driver who helped all the students out of the bus. Hall and Aden were taken to BryanLGH West with serious injuries. Authorities are still investigating the accident.
Ed Mlniek, an emergency room doctor for BryanLGH West said 49 people were involved. Of those, 38 were transported to BryanLGH East and West, as well as St. Elizabeth Regional Medical Center.
"When you have an incident involving potentially 49 patients, this is a great test of our system and we activated our local disaster plan within the city itself and it worked very well," said Mlniek.
Mlneik said surgeons who weren't even on call showed up to offer help Monday.
Norris School district serves Cortland, Firth, Hickman, Holland Panama, Princeton, Roca and Hallam.
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Some of my friends were on that bus and were gone for days. We should feel lucky that everybody lived and is now okay and back on their feet. Thank goodness for bus evacuation drills and the quick thinking of the High schoolers.
i was one of the older kids on that bus. it was indeed very scary. but the truth is that the bus driver did not help the children out, it was me and two friends.
First of all I am so proud of the bus driver and kids for their swift evacuation to safety in such a horrifying event. I am very grateful to all the fire and rescue for their fine work!! But most of all my heart aches for the truck driver who was made out to be some careless driver-by "blowing through a stop sign" that didn't even exist that morning. Shame on Lancaster county & Gage county for that matter, for not having signs in place. And just for the record, Mr. Jeff Hall is someone's parent, someone's grandparent (& atleast some of them are at Norris) & to many of us in the area - one of Hickman's own Fire & Rescue Squad! How do you think he felt laying along side the road, broken & injured and unable to do what is in his heart - RESCUE! As a Norris Bus Driver, a Norris Parent & a Hickman Resident who travels country roads, I praise God that His hand of protection was evident that day, & pray for healing of body mind & spirit for all. God forbid - it could happen to any of us!
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